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Elon Musk’s ‘Westworld for cars’ has gone horribly wrong
“Humans are underrated”: After touting robots, Musk now blames them for Tesla production woes.
Joe Romm

Apr 18, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Trump’s new Secretary of State has received most money from Koch Industries
Mike Pompeo is ex Tea Party, a climate science denier, opponent of Paris climate deal, and biggest recipient of Koch Industries dollars.
Joe Romm

Mar 14, 2018

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Renewables

Solar and wind power alone could provide four fifths of US power
Study confirms U.S. could have a carbon-free grid in coming decades.
Joe Romm

Mar 5, 2018

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GOP congressman powers his off-grid solar home with Tesla battery
Republican Congressman, a libertarian and a climate denier, lives off-grid with solar and storage, and even owns a Tesla Model S electric vehicle.
Joe Romm

Feb 9, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Trump’s solar tariff backfires: It hits red states and U.S. taxpayers harder than China
White House wanted to use solar tariffs to punish China, but it will end up punishing the states that voted for him the most.
Joe Romm

Jan 24, 2018

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Storage

This is how coal dies — super cheap renewables plus battery storage
New Colorado wind farms with batteries are now cheaper than running old coal plants.
Joe Romm

Jan 15, 2018

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Smart Energy

2017 showed global clean energy revolution is unstoppable, no matter what Trump does
The solar, wind, battery, and electric car “miracles” have gone mainstream.
Joe Romm

Dec 15, 2017

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Polluting robots win big, clean energy workers get screwed in Trump tax bill
The Trump tax bill will devastate the renewable industry and jobs, while incentivising automation, and the manufacture of polluting, unprofitable robots.
Joe Romm

Dec 7, 2017

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China spoils launch of world’s first electric cargo ship by using it to haul coal
The good news is that China has launched the world’s first all-electric cargo ship. The bad news is that it is being used to haul coal.
Joe Romm

Dec 4, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

General Motors pledge for “all EV future” will keep Big Oil up at night
GM, Ford, and China strongly embrace electric cars, signaling trouble for Big Oil.
Joe Romm

Oct 6, 2017

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Coal

Perry proposes law to force Americans to buy dirtier, costlier power
Energy Secretary ignores his own grid study to make good on his threats to punish renewables.
Joe Romm

Oct 2, 2017

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Trump officials have no clue how to rebuild Puerto Rico’s grid. But we do.
Florida and Japan show clean energy is fastest, cheapest way to restore power. Too bad Trump’s administration hates it.
Joe Romm

Sep 29, 2017

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